Job 22:9
You have sent widows away empty, || And the arms of the fatherless are bruised.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
In Context
8As for the man of arm—he has the earth, || And the accepted of face—he dwells in it.
10Therefore snares [are] all around you, || And sudden fear troubles you.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:19“Cursed [is] he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”
Job 24:21Treating evil the barren [who] does not bear, || And he does no good [to] the widow,
Job 31:16If I withhold the poor from pleasure, || And consume the eyes of the widow,
Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and the evil, || Seek out his wickedness, find none;
Psalms 94:6They slay widow and sojourner, || And they murder fatherless ones.
Isaiah 1:23Your princes [are] apostates, and companions of thieves, || Everyone loving a bribe, and pursuing rewards, || They do not judge the fatherless, || And the plea of the widow does not come to them.
Matthew Henry on Job 22:6-15
Job Accused of Various Crimes. ( b. c. 1520.) 5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? 6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. 8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. 10 Therefore snares are round about thee,… Read the whole commentary →